The Lake Erie Monsters (14-18-1-5), fresh off a Saturday night loss to Hamilton, outworked the Philadelphia Phantoms (20-18-1-1) for 60 minutes in front of 3,888 at Quicken Loans Arena in an effort that clearly satisfied Coach Joe Sacco.

"Our attention to details within our system were really good tonight," Sacco said. "Guys were on board and everybody was on the same page which made it enjoyable to watch from the bench."

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After a scoreless first period in which the Monsters were turned away by Teslack on two breakaways and several odd-man rushes, Monsters centerman and the Avalanche's second-round draft choice, T.J. Galiardi scored the games first goal at the 10-minute, 17-second mark of the second period.

During a line change, Galiardi took what looked like an innocent shot from the left point and sneaked it in between the pads of Teslack.

"Gali has taken the responsibility of playing on the top line and thriving in that role and I have liked his play in the defensive zone," Sacco said.

Without Monsters netminder Tyler Weiman's perfect play in net, Lake Erie could have been playing from behind. Weiman made three consecutive spectacular saves at the 5:02 mark of the second period.

"Tyler, as he has done throughout the year, has come up with big saves, and tonight he kept us in the game," Sacco said. "It was a huge turning point of the game as we scored a little bit later."

Defenseman Darcy Campbell scored the second goal of the night, giving Lake Erie a 2-0 advantage. Per Ledin, the Monsters rookie from Sweden, was parked in front of the net and screened the Philadelphia goaltender from seeing Campbell's shot.

"(Ledin) has the ability to get underneath the opponents' skin and this game by far was his best of the season," Sacco said.

Ledin also factored in the Monsters' third goal of the game in the third period that put the game out of reach. Ledin stole an errant Phantom pass in the neutral zone and made a perfect pass to Monsters captain Nathan Smith, who chipped the pass over Teslack's glove.

"We were not very happy as a team in yesterday's third period," said Smith.

"We addressed that and made sure we were ready to play and we didn't sit back and kept going at them."

Weiman finished with 31 saves. Weiman now ranks second in the AHL in shutouts with four and improved his record to 10-8-2-3.

"We have to get wins right now and this was a step in the right direction," said Weiman. "All the guys were on the same page. We were talking out there, keeping things simple and sticking to the game plan."

Sacco, when asked how he can get this kind of consistent play every night from his team, said, "When you are prepared and ready, you can play consistently. It's a learning process for younger players, and when you see a game like tonight, they see it can be done."

The Monsters return to action this Wednesday against visiting Quad City.